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c.1983?|age 14/15? Panel 1 is lifted from Chaykin’s version. I don’t like Han in that one. He looks like Robert Wagner in Hart to Hart. “And togedder… dey was moider!” Wacka—wacka, chicka-wah-wah! I liked Wagner in one of the Austin Powers movies—oh[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1983?|age 13/14? I’ve published this page on a Tuesday, readers. Not on the usual, regular Mon | Weds | Fri. Simply because this one wouldn’t have been worth the wait until Wednesday. There’s a glued-in pic from Niall F’s Star Wars[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

I’m so sorry to hear that Kenny Baker passed away yesterday, at the age of 81. He was, by all accounts a very nice man. In fact, out of the main 1977 Star Wars main cast, I don’t think I’ve ever heard anything but[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

c.1978/79 | age 10/11 (Autographed by Paul ‘Greedo’ Blake—Apr 2011) “Give me the money. ‘Greedo’. And… Proof, from the Biros of Babes. Here it is: the truth! Han shot first! He did. And on the opening day of ‘The Force Awakens’ no[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

As «Autographed by Garrick ‘Biggs‘ Hagon, April 2011! In another deleted scene from the film, we meet Biggs Darklighter. Is that derived from Biggles – fictional British WWI fighter ace?—or from some physical attr… never mind. Art Notes: a little ambiguity! “BLARP![…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

(c.1980—age 12) It’s the famous Star Wars Opening Crawl of text—and an autograph by Steve Sansweet (Ex-LucasFilm) from when I met him in April 2011. Would you look at the state of that inside cover? So I’ll talk about the Flash Gordon/Star[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…

In the beginning… …there was the Star Wars comic cover! But it was not this one. (c.1978 or 1979—age 10 or 11) So what did it look like? Was it rendered crudely in green marker? » —or green biro? » In thick black pencil-crayon? Who knows? Then let us pray[…]↓ Read the rest of this entry…